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In this prize-winning novel, young Taylor Hanes strives to leave his North Carolina mill town and his struggling family. Even though he is straight, Taylor wins a gay/lesbian-designated scholarship to the University of North Carolina and witnesses negative attitudes toward LGBT people while hiding the truth about his own sexuality for the sake of the scholarship. In attempting to follow its terms, he slowly becomes active in a campus anti-discrimination organization.
Meanwhile, Taylor is harassed by the ghost of Bernard Pembroke, his scholarship’s creator/donor, who attended the University in the 1920s. After a séance by which Taylor is able to reunite Bernard and his beloved partner Damien, who were separated due to Bernard’s homophobic father, he is able to retain his scholarship by being an activist for LGBT rights.
This lively story of growing up, with its mixture of struggle and sadness but also a happy ending, is clearly written and entertaining. The William Faulkner Literary Award panel described it thusly: “Considers a common theme in Faulkner, a boy’s transition to manhood. Handles well a sophisticated narrative structure and character development.”
This novel is highly recommended for all libraries and for readers interested in contemporary LGBT writing.

Vester Flanagain worked at WDBJ as a reporter for about a year using the on-air name, Bryce Williams, according to a former WDBJ employee. Flanagan was fired from the station, though the reason was not made public, the ex-employee said.

He was suspected in the morning shooting that killed a photographer and reporter. Flanagan reportedly shot himself following a police chase.

Watching WDBJ live right now. They just got a call from law enforcement that the shooter is alive, not dead. Very critical.

The College’s Aerogel Research Team is well represented in a special, peer-reviewed issue of the Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids: Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Aerogels.
Two faculty members – Ann Anderson of mechanical engineering, and Mary Carroll of chemistry – are co-authors with a total of five recent alumni, one exchange student and one current student.

The full citations for the papers are:
· Ben M. Gauthier (’02), Smitesh D. Bakrania (’03), Ann M. Anderson, and Mary K. Carroll, “A Fast Supercritical Extraction Technique for Aerogel Fabrication.” J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 2004, 350, 238-243.
· Ann M. Anderson, Smitesh D. Bakrania (’03), Jan Konecny (exchange student from Czech Republic), Ben M. Gauthier (’02), and Mary K. Carroll, “Detecting Sol-Gel Transition using Light Transmission.” J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 2004, 350, 259-265.
· Desiree L. Plata (’03), Yadira J. Briones (’04), Rebecca L. Wolfe (’03), Mary K. Carroll, Smitesh D. Bakrania (’03), Shira G. Mandel (’05), and Ann M. Anderson, “Aerogel-Platform Optical Sensors for Oxygen Gas.” J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 2004, 350, 326-335.
Anderson and Carroll were the only faculty from a liberal arts college or predominantly undergraduate institution to participate in the conference. The other attendees were from graduate-degree-granting institutions and national labs in the U.S. and Europe, or from companies working in aerogel-related fields. Anderson and Carroll also served as peer reviewers for other papers in the special issue.
Anderson, the Thomas J. Watson, Sr. and Emma Watson-Day Associate Professor and chair of mechanical engineering; and Carroll, associate professor of chemistry, lead the interdisciplinary research project. It began in 2001, when Anderson and a student, Ben Gauthier ’02, began experimenting with a process to create the ultra-light matrix materials. After consulting chemistry faculty for help in understanding the chemical processes, students and faculty from both departments joined forces.
The challenge for the aerogel researchers is to devise a manufacturing method that will make production of the material more cost effective. Current applications are widely used in the space program, where aerogels have been used as insulators on the Mars rover and to collect comet dust.

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My Swing Evolution is an instructional golf channel on YouTube and partner of Golf Unfiltered. Founded by Christo Garcia, MSE features a comprehensive examination of the classic golf swing made famous by Ben Hogan.

Videos and descriptions featured on GU are taken directly from the MSE YouTube channel with permission.

In this video Christo demonstrates a drill from Mr. Hogan himself and talks about how much better his ball striking has become.

It was a long time coming, but Jason Day is finally a major Champion. Here’s our recap of the 2015 PGA Championship.

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